Ferryland (electoral district)

Ferryland is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 8,571 eligible voters living within the district.^[1]

Ferryland

Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district
Ferryland in relation to other districts in Newfoundland (left) and St. John's (right).
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
MHA	Loyola O'Driscoll Progressive Conservative
District created	1949
First contested	1949
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2011)	14,007
Electors (2015)	9,981
Area (km²)	2,800
Census division(s)	Division No. 1
Census subdivision(s)	Aquaforte, Bay Bulls, Cape Broyle, Fermeuse, Ferryland, Petty Harbour–Maddox Cove, Port Kirwan, Portugal Cove South, Renews–Cappahayden, St. John's (part), St. Shott's, Trepassey, Witless Bay, Division No. 1, Subd. D, Division No. 1, Subd. U, Division No. 1, Subd. V

This was the most strongly anti-Confederation area of the province in the late 1940s, but turned Liberal in the 1950s and 1960s. It is historically a fishing district, but tourism has been growing. Ferryland contains part of the City of St. John's in the area of Lower Goulds as well as the communities of: Admiral's Cove, Aquaforte, Bay Bulls, Bauline East, Biscay Bay, Brigus South, Burnt Cove, Calvert, Cape Broyle, Cappahayden, Daniel's Point, Fermeuse, Ferryland, Kingman's Cove, La Manche, Mobile, Petty Harbour–Maddox Cove, Port Kirwan, Portugal Cove South, Renews, St. Michael's, St. Shotts, Tors Cove, Trepassey and Witless Bay. The district is considered a Progressive Conservative (PC) stronghold.

Bordering districts include Conception Bay South, Harbour Main, Mount Pearl-Southlands, Placentia-St. Mary's and Waterford Valley.

Members of the House of Assembly

The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly:^[2]

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
29th	1949–1951		Peter John Cashin	Independent
	1951			Progressive Conservative
30th	1951–1952		Augustine Michael Duffy
	1952–1956		Myles Murray	Liberal
31st	1956-1959
32nd	1959-1962
33rd	1962-1966
34th	1966-1971		Aiden Joseph Maloney
35th	1971-1972		Thomas Mershon Doyle	Progressive Conservative
36th	1972-1975
37th	1975-1979		Charles J. Power
38th	1979-1982
39th	1982-1985
40th	1985-1989
41st	1989-1992
	1992-1993		Loyola Sullivan
42nd	1993-1996
43rd	1996-1999
44th	1999-2003
45th	2003-2006
	2007		Keith Hutchings
46th	2007-2011
47th	2011-2015
48th	2015-2019
49th	2019–2021		Loyola O'Driscoll
50th	2021-Present

Election results

Graph of election results (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Loyola O'Driscoll	3,197	52.33	-8.26
	Liberal	Cheryl O'Brien	2,696	44.43	+9.18
	New Democratic	Paul Murphy	216	3.54
Total valid votes			6,109
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-8.72
Source(s) "Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 3 March 2021. "NL Election 2021 (Unofficial Results)". Retrieved 27 March 2021.

2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Loyola O'Driscoll	4,074	60.59	+10.76
	Liberal	Janice Ryan	2,350	34.95	-6.13
	Independent	Chris Molloy	300	4.46	–
Total valid votes			6,724	99.23
Total rejected ballots			52	0.77	+0.59
Turnout			6,776	69.27	+6.97
Eligible voters			9,782
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+8.45

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Hutchings	3,093	49.83
	Liberal	Jeff Marshall	2,550	41.08
	New Democratic	Mona Rossiter	564	9.09
Total valid votes			6,207	99.82
Total rejected ballots			11	0.18
Turnout			6,218	62.30
Eligible voters			9,981
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador[3]

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Hutchings	3,640	72.15	-11.65
	NDP	Chris Molloy	1.224	24.26	+17.35
	Liberal	Dianne Randell	181	3.59	-5.7

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Hutchings	4,256	83.8%	+8.7%
	Liberal	Kevin Bennett	472	9.29%	-10.9%
	NDP	Grace Bavington	351	6.91%	+1.95%

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By-election - February 8, 2007
On the resignation of Loyola Sullivan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Hutchings	2,770	75.10%	-11.24%
	Liberal	Kevin Bennett	715	19.38%	+10.97%
	NDP	Rick Boland	183	4.96%	-0.19%

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2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Loyola Sullivan	5,167	86.34	–
	Liberal	Andrea Kavanagh	504	8.41
	NDP	Lois Martin	309	5.15
	Independent	Pilar Riego-Hickey	11	0.18

1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Loyola Sullivan	4,482	66.0%	–
	Liberal	Harold Mulloney	2,141	31.5%
	NDP	Gerry Ryan	147	2.2%

1996 Newfoundland and Labrador general election^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	L Sullivan	4834	68.36%	–
	Liberal	T Best	2237	31.63%

1993 Newfoundland and Labrador general election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	L Sullivan	3675	74.00%	–
	Liberal	MC O'Brien	1125	22.65%
	NDP	V Silk	166	0.32%

References

1. "Summary of Polling Divisions FERRYLAND" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador
3. "2015 Provincial General Election Report" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
4. Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
5. Ferryland byelection February 8, 2007 Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
6. Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 1996 Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine. Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
7. Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 1993 Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 2011-04-03.

External links

• Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

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